Circles (Amazing Blizzard album)

Circles was the second studio album by Flex Entertainment member Amazing Blizzard. It was released on April 10, 2020 on YouTube. On May 15, 2020, the album was released to digital & streaming platforms. He is currently working on making a remix album based on Circles.

Tracklisting
Notes
 * 2 of the song titles were slightly altered in order for UnitedMasters to have the album released, due to technical issues; however, Amazing Blizzard now refers to the altered titled as the official names, unlike the original YouTube release. [ex: "why do we exist on planet earth?" had its intentionally used quotation marks removed; "Don't forget 2 start satellite.exe" was renamed to "Don't forget to start satellite program".]
 * Don’t forget to start satellite program was originally released in a mix containing a muddy, clipping bass. In the CD release that happened 3 months later, the bass was turned down, ultimately removing the clipping.

Reception
The album initially didn’t get any reviews on albumoftheyear when it initially released on YouTube, but when it was placed onto streaming platforms, the AOTD movement on Discord (as part of a challenge) decided to review AOTYcore music each day, leading his album to be reviewed on the 8th day. On May 25, the album received mostly mixed reviews, citing reasons that some of the songs sounded the same. Toasterqueen12 mentioned that some of the songs were just stretched out in length. “At times it seems like it’s long stretches of nothing happening. Sure that makes the moments when something does happen a little better, but for the most part it’s just a slog.” She then went on to criticize some songs sounding cheap, like Don’t forget to start satellite program, “where the drums sound so awkwardly placed over the beat it sounds like you’re just remixing someone else’s song.” She ended up labeling Eversince as a highlight. PipePanic initially praised the album, saying that it cleaned up the filler problems that ILLUMINATI suffered from, and “concentrat[ed] a lot more, and gets what [he thought was] a better product overall, creating a really cinematic experience. However a week later, he admitted that he forgot some parts of the album. Former CEO of Flex Entertainment, Yung Schmoobin, gave a more mixed review. He thought Circles was “a project full of really great ideas,” but then went on to say that “everything on here seems like an idea that isn’t fully fleshed out and molded into something truly great.” About 3 weeks later, Amazing Blizzard was then removed from the Flex Entertainment roster. It wasn’t due to his reception, but more because it seemed that his music didn’t fit the label’s hip hip & R&B aesthetic. Amazing Blizzard still continues to support the label after this.